Penholder.



H. W. HENRY.

PENHOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAYZ. 1914.

1,231,023.' Patented June 26, 191?.

HARRY W. HENRY, YONKERS, NEW YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 26, 1917.

Application filed May 2, 1914. Serial No. 835,786.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY W. HnNRY, a citizen of the United States, anda resldent of Yonkers, county of Westchester, State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Penholders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to pensholders, and is addressed to the manufactureof penholders which are light in weight and economical to manufacture.They may be used for advertising purposes, if deslred, and to this end,I so manufacture my penholders that the matter to be exhiblted thereonmay be printed or otherwise placed upon the material of which they aremanufactured before the pen-holders are formed. My invention alsoenables me to form penholders of varying sizes and varylng degrees offlexibility.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 shows my pen-holder;

Fig. 2 shows the preferred form of blank from which my pen-holder isformed;

Fig. 3 is a vertical side view of a portlon of Fig. 2;

Fig. A is the reverse side of the blank shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged View from the left end of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 6 is a modification of a portlon of the blank shown in Fig. 2.

In the drawings in which like letters represent like parts, A representsthe blank from which the pen-holder is formed. This blank I preferablycut in the form of a trapezium or trapezoid, although, of course, itcould be in the form of a parallelogram, or other suitable shape, ifdesired. This blank A is made of paper or other suitable materialadapted to be rolled upon itself to form the holder. When paper orsimilar light and flexible material is used, flexibility of the holderis obtained in varying extent as may be desirable. This flexibility,when paper or similar material is used, may be regulated by the numberof plies of such material used to form the pen-holder. Along one edge ofthe blank I prefer 'to provide an adhesive material B, so that when theblank is rolled to form the pen-holder, the

adhesive material B on the edge of the blank may be utilized to securelyhold the rolls of the material in form.

In the manufacture of the holder from the blank, as shown in Fig. 2, theblank Would be rolled from the right to the left so that the edge of theblank having the adhesive material B on it would form the outer ply ofthe pen-holder, and the material B would come between the two lastplies.

To hold the pen in fixed position in the pen-holder, I provide a stripof suitable material secured to the blank A, as for instance, the stripof material C, which, in Fig. 2, is a portion of the blank A folded uponitself, having been cut from the opening D; while in Fig. 6 the strip Ois a separate piece of material fixed to the strip A by adhesivematerial or otherwise.

The object of this strip O is to supply a space between any two of theplies within which a pen may be easily inserted and also to form a seator shoulder so that when the pen is placed in the pen-holder betweenadjacent plies, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5, the end of the pen will restagainst the seat O, and prevent it from being pushed into the pen-holderbeyond the desired point, while the adjacent plies of the blank A inconjunction with the strip or-seat G will hold the pen in fixed positionand prevent it from any movement independent of the penholder.

In Fig. 5, I have shown an enlarged end View of the pen-holder, showingthe seat which substantially encircles the pen-holder between the pliesof rolls of the blank A. Of course, if desired, the strip O could bemade of such length and size that it would encircle the holder betweeneach of the plies of the pen-holder. If desired, another blank of thesame form, or some similar form, could be used in place of the strip C,by placing the additional blank upon the blank A, having the additionalblank somewhat narrower than the blank A so as to have its edge providethe seat for the pen.

On the face of the blank, which is to form the outside of thepen-holder, if deone will readily understand that the blanks may be madeofany size depending upon the length of the pen-holder to bemanufactured.

By my invention, the paper blanks may be formed without any waste ofmaterial whatever as it will be readily seen that a sheet of paper maybe cut into parallelograms, and each parallelogram cut into two blanksof the preferred form of my invention, which I have shown. After theblanks have been formed they may be printed upon, and then rolled toform the holders as they are desired for use.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is 1. A pen holder formed of a material rolled uponitself, spacing means arranged between the plies of said materialwhereby a space is formed adapted to receive a pen point.

2. A pen holder formed of a material rolled upon itself, spacing meansintegral with said material and so arranged as to form a space betweenthe plies of said material adapted to receive a pen point.

3. A pen holder formed of a material rolled upon itself, a portion ofsaid material being folded, said folded portion lying between some ofthe plies to form a space adapted to receive a pen point.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Tnorn MILLS, Jr.,- GEO. M. HARRIS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C.

